Lot 215
  • 215

Edward F. Caldwell & Co A group of four Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted Chinoiserie lamps New York, circa 1910

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Edward F. Caldwell & Co
  • bronze, porcelain
  • height of tallest with fittings 29 1/2 in.
  • 75 cm
one with the Caldwell maker's mark and signed E. F. Caldwell & Co. Inc. New York

Literature

See The E. F. Caldwell & Co. Collection at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum Library, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, for a period photographic record of a related model numbered A9059, A13515, and  A13713

Condition

All four wired for electricity with wired now cut. Bronze with oxidation and surface dirt. Some rubbing; most to flat surfaces of base and neck mounts. Porcelain in generally good condition.
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